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BUDS AND STIPULES 



round the stem, become folded lengthways or con- 

 duplicate. They are clothed with long, sparse hairs, 

 and show a few teeth, or rather knobs, along the edge, 

 one terminating each of the veins, which are thicker 

 than in subsequent stages (fig. 63). The teeth, or 



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Figs. 59-62. 



Fig. 63. 



Aucuba japoxica. Highly magnified. 



Fig. 59, first pair of leaves, front view ; Fig. GO, ditto, side view ; Fig. 61, second 

 pair ; Fig. 62, ditto, more developed ; Fig. 63, third pair. 



knobs, are also much larger in proportion than in the 

 full-grown leaf. 



Common Laurel 

 The subjoined figures illustrate the structure of 

 the bud of a Common Laurel (Cerasus Lauroc&rasus). 



